Regarding “Trump visits Houston for GOP fundraiser and NASA ceremony,” (Aug. 27): Some thoughts that came to me on Aug. 28 as I, along with uncounted hundreds and possibly thousands of other drivers, were held up on the West Loop by Houston police and state troopers for half an hour, prior to the departure of President Trump’s motorcade from the Galleria area.
It is said to be quite special when the president of the U.S. comes to town. I remember the bipartisan excitement when Dwight D. Eisenhower came in 1960 and President John F. Kennedy in 1962. And when they came, they gave a public address. Nowadays, presidents of both parties come to Houston mainly to raise campaign funds, and their prime audience are big-dollar donors. Meanwhile, traffic is held up awaiting the president’s “movement.”
In other words, a White House visit has gone from being a big honor to a big bother. Can’t the cause of security be as well served by holding traffic for ten minutes rather than for 30 or longer?
Chase Untermeyer, Houston
Regarding “Estate sales are sordid affairs. I love them anyway.” (Aug. 28): The light-hearted, easy-to-read snippet by Regina Lankeneau today was most appreciated! In today’s world of news, it’s good to read something like this instead of politics, war, weather and sports. Thank you.
Richard Brinlee, Livingston
Regarding “A dog attack. A sinkhole. An eviction notice. Then her luck changed. | Opinion,” (Aug. 18): I was outraged reading Regina Lankenau’s column highlighting Adrienne Keeling’s travails with the unforgivable government delays in her workers’ compensation. What kind of an agency delays someone with two shattered wrists and forearms for eight months? And then, that same agency did it again after she was seriously re-injured thanks to incompetent city workers. This is how people slide into poverty and eviction: government incompetence and just plain laziness.
Thank heaven for Judge Steve Duble and his eviction diversion facilitator, Loreta Kovacic, for a more favorable and equitable outcome for Keeling, considering that everything she had been through was no fault of her own.
It is my fervent hope that Lankenau can ferret out the names of the department and employees responsible for the incomprehensible and unconscionable delays in Keeling’s workers’ compensation, and have them all fired — and most especially the supervisor.